OULC Co-Chair Charlie Atkins explains how student organisations can help Labour win in 2015. The Guardian recently called 2015 the least predictable election in 70 years. The vote of young people, many of whom are undecided voters, could therefore be the deciding factor. As a result, the role of Labour clubs in universities and Further […]

In Michaelmas GM, OULC debated a motion proposing disaffiliation from Labour Students. The result was an amendment requiring the Co-Chairs Elect to pen an open letter to the organisation, outlining the club’s concerns and asking whether Labour Students is looking to make further reforms. Here is the resultant letter:   To: Chair of Labour Students […]

I was unsurprised to discover that signing up to political parties has, in the last 100 years, become an increasingly unfashionable pursuit. In an age which promotes individual identity, people are reluctant to surrender themselves to an institution that they do not feel fully encompasses their worldview. Rather than committing to an unwieldy mass of policies, […]